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Jesse Schule NBA Basketball

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(725) San Antonio Spurs at (726) Oklahoma City Thunder: Series Moneyline

Date/Time:

May 22, 2026 8:30 PM EDT

Play:

Series San Antonio Spurs 143

This is a free play on SA to win the series.

Yes the Thunder won Game 2, and they even covered the spread. It's interesting to watch all the pundits who were writing their obituaries after Game 1 flip flop and fall victim to recency bias after they win Game 2. The Spurs were down 99-97 with nine minutes to go, and the officials were turning a blind eye to some nasty work from Chet and Hartenstein. At the end of the day, the Spurs have stolen home court advantage and they are back home for a pivotal Game 3. This Thunder team lost Game 3 on the road in the Conference Finals last year, and in the NBA Finals as well. The Spurs back court is a bit banged up, but I do think we will see De'Aaron Fox return even if he isn't 100 percent. There are still plenty of matchup advantages for the Spurs, and there is a reason why they owned the Thunder in the regular season.

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(553) New York Knicks at (554) Cleveland Cavaliers: Total

Date/Time:

May 23, 2026 8:00 PM EDT

Play:

Total Under 214.0 (-110)

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Just 48 hours after erasing a stunning 22-point fourth-quarter deficit in Game 1, New York Knicks forward Josh Hart scored a playoff career-high 26 points in New York’s 109-93 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals Thursday night. Cleveland returns home after playing three consecutive road affairs, which is significant because NBA home favorites entering off three straight road games are 319-260-20 to the Under (55.1%) versus opponents arriving off a SU and ATS win, including 142-102-7 UNDER (58.2%) since the beginning of the 2020-21 season. Game 2 finished under the posted total, and NBA playoff underdogs coming off a win that went under total are 243-193-4 to the Under (55.7%), including 113-85-1 UNDER (57.1%) since 2015, going under by an average margin of 3.0 points per game. Let’s also note that NBA playoff underdogs entering off back-to-back wins, like New York, are 244-199-8 to the Under (55.1%) since 2006, while home favorites coming off a postseason loss are 243-202-7 to the Under (55%). Finally, NBA playoff teams coming off a game in the Eastern time zone are 632-490-27 to the Under (56.3%), provided they didn’t lose that game by more than seven points, including 236-177-4 UNDER (57.1%) since 2018. Take the Under as Jeff Keim’s Free Pick Winner for Saturday, May 23.

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Event:

(551) Oklahoma City Thunder at (552) San Antonio Spurs: Total

Date/Time:

May 22, 2026 8:30 PM EDT

Play:

Total Under 216.5 (-110)

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After dropping Game 1, the Oklahoma City Thunder bounced back with a 122-113 win over the Spurs in Game 2 on Wednesday night. Oklahoma City’s success was driven in part by a 57-25 edge in bench points, matching the franchise’s highest bench-point total in a playoff game since moving to Oklahoma City in 2008. From a technical standpoint, Game 3 looks to be a low-scoring affair. Since 1996, NBA playoff home favorites of -4 or less are 41-14-2 to the Under (74.5%) in tied series, excluding Game 7s and the NBA Finals. These games have gone under the total by an average margin of 4.8 points per game since 1996. San Antonio is coming off three consecutive road affairs, which is significant because NBA home favorites entering off three straight road games are 319-260-20 to the Under (55.1%) versus opponents coming off a SU and ATS win, including 142-102-7 UNDER (58.2%) since 2020. Both teams have allowed over 110 points in each of the first two games of this series, and NBA playoff teams coming off back-to-back games in which they allowed 110 or more points are 111-77-7 to the Under (59%), provided they are not underdogs by more than 1 point. These games have been 90-59-2 to the Under (60.4%) since 2017. Finally, since 2008, NBSA playoff home favorites coming off a straight-up postseason loss are 243-202-7 to the Under (55%), while teams entering off a single-digit loss are 28-20 to the Under (58.3%) since 2014, going under by an average margin of 3.3 points per game. Take the Under as Jeff Keim’s Free Pick Winner for Friday, May 22.

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Event:

(551) Oklahoma City Thunder at (552) San Antonio Spurs: Spread

Date/Time:

May 22, 2026 8:30 PM EDT

Play:

Oklahoma City Thunder +2.0 (-107)

Oklahoma City Thunder [ATS] | Good until 0.0... play ML is an option.

San Antonio won Game 1, but OKC responded by winning Game 2. With this series tied, I like the Thunder to build off of their Game 2 win on Friday. They were great at creating turnovers by playing physical ball. Understandably, lots of people were on the refs for favoring OKC on Wednesday. But, that's how I expect the refs to call the whole series. If SAS wants to win, it'll have to match OKC's strength. Harper also picked up a knock that should eliminate the J-Dub injury. I like the Thunder tonight.

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